3, 133 candidates writes B.E.C.E. in Prestea-Huni Valley District

A total of 3,133 students are said to be writing this year’s Basic Examination Certificate Exams in the Prestea-Huni Valley District of the Western Region.

Mr. Stephen Dagadu, the Prestea Huni-Valley District Examination Co-ordinator who made this disclosure also expressed the readiness of his outfit to ensure an incident free examination this year.

He gave indications that all is set for the smooth conduct of the B.E.C.E an exam which starts nationwide on Monday, June 17.
 

According to Mr. Dagadu, out of the total candidates of 3,133 taking the exams, 3,045 of the figure are directly from the District, of which 1620 are males and the remaining 1,425 being females. The extra 88 candidates from two Junior High Schools from Ellembele District, who due to the proximity of their schools to the Prestea Huni- Valley District, would also be writing in the Prestea Huni-Valley District.

Mr. Dagadu further said, the examination will take place in 6 centers in the district namely, Prestea Goldfeilds A and B- Prestea, St. Augustines Senior High School- Bogoso, Methodist Basic School- Bogoso, Huni- Valley Senior High School- Huni-Valley and Aboso Methodist Basic School-Aboso.

These centers he said would each be manned by one Senior Supervisor, two Assistant supervisors and one Internal Invigilator. He added that those in charge would ensure the examination is devoid of malpractices.

Prestea Huni-Valley District for the past years has not been able to come first in the Western Region in terms of the B.E.C.E, but have recorded some significant feat which makes the District branch of GES hopeful that this year's exams would go well for the District.

In 2011, the District placed 5^th with 65% but fell to 7^th position last year with 60.2%. Sources indicate that, last year's position has propelled the District Branch of the Ghana Education Service to conduct several mock examinations for the Junior High Schools to aid them write the papers successfully this year.

The candidates were rigorously examined in series of mathematics and science papers as the two subjects tend to put fear in most candidates during exams.

Mr. Stephen Dagadu ending advised candidates to desist from sending foreign materials into the examination halls, especially mobile phones as those can lead to cancellation of their examinations papers.

Touching on the presence of the Police, Mr. Dagadu asked candidates not to be frightened as they are just there to maintain peace during the examination.

On the other hand, candidates starting their exams on Monday have expressed their readiness to put up their best in writing the papers next week. In an interview with some of them in the Prestea Huni- Valley District, they said with the concluding of the syllabi and several mocks they have had, the road is clear for them to come out successfully